White Shadow
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Quick question for the experts:
I just had both an Iron Breaker and a water softener installed in my new house. The raw well water tested a little over the allowable limit for iron and the hardness I think was around 9 grains per gallon according to the guy who installed the water treatment equipment. I think this set up will work well for me.
Here's the question: According to my water guy, the iron breaker will regen every 5 days and will take about 45 minutes for the regen cycle. The water softener regenerates based upon water usage. I think I can get about 3200 gallons of water before it regenerates. That might last me around 4 or 5 weeks. My irrigation system, due to the hot weather and weeks of very little rain, is now set to run two back-to-back cycles, one starting at 9pm and running until 1am and the next one starting at 1:30am and finishing at 6:30 am. From what my water guy tells me, I shouldn't have the irrigation system running while either the softener or the iron break is regenerating. So what's the harm? He tells me that full water pressure should be available when the softener and iron breaker are in regen and the irrigation system running will have a negative impact. Is this correct?
I also have a 1.5 HP well pump (on a well that's only about 160' deep) and I'm running a cycle stop valve right before the pressure tank. Does that make any difference? From what I've seen the pressure tank always seems to have rock steady pressure no matter the water demand ever since I installed the cycle stop valve. I'm wondering with my set up if I'd be okay with the irrigation system running while the units are regenerating. Can anyone offer some insight? The easy answer is to just move the irrigation cycles, but my landscape guys keep telling me that it's not good to water during the day because too much water gets lost to evaporation and not enough water gets down to the roots of the grass.
I just had both an Iron Breaker and a water softener installed in my new house. The raw well water tested a little over the allowable limit for iron and the hardness I think was around 9 grains per gallon according to the guy who installed the water treatment equipment. I think this set up will work well for me.
Here's the question: According to my water guy, the iron breaker will regen every 5 days and will take about 45 minutes for the regen cycle. The water softener regenerates based upon water usage. I think I can get about 3200 gallons of water before it regenerates. That might last me around 4 or 5 weeks. My irrigation system, due to the hot weather and weeks of very little rain, is now set to run two back-to-back cycles, one starting at 9pm and running until 1am and the next one starting at 1:30am and finishing at 6:30 am. From what my water guy tells me, I shouldn't have the irrigation system running while either the softener or the iron break is regenerating. So what's the harm? He tells me that full water pressure should be available when the softener and iron breaker are in regen and the irrigation system running will have a negative impact. Is this correct?
I also have a 1.5 HP well pump (on a well that's only about 160' deep) and I'm running a cycle stop valve right before the pressure tank. Does that make any difference? From what I've seen the pressure tank always seems to have rock steady pressure no matter the water demand ever since I installed the cycle stop valve. I'm wondering with my set up if I'd be okay with the irrigation system running while the units are regenerating. Can anyone offer some insight? The easy answer is to just move the irrigation cycles, but my landscape guys keep telling me that it's not good to water during the day because too much water gets lost to evaporation and not enough water gets down to the roots of the grass.